Common agricultural policy
Briefing
12-01-2018
After World War II, Europe was in pieces, devastated and facing a shortage of food. The main objective of the European Coal and Steel Community, a new institution set up in 1952, was therefore to work to unite a fragmented Europe. Lack of food was one of earliest challenges; action at European level was necessary in order to make Europe self-sufficient in food and to secure an adequate food supply and the free flow of food and agricultural products within Europe. The common agricultural policy (CAP) was formed in 1962 to ensure that people could have food at affordable prices and that farmers would earn a fair living for their work. CAP is one of the European Union's oldest common polices
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- agricultura sostenible
- AGRICULTURA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCA
- análisis económico
- ASUNTOS SOCIALES
- ayuda de la UE
- desarrollo rural
- desigualdad social
- ECONOMÍA
- estabilización de la renta
- Estado miembro UE
- estadística de la UE
- FEADER
- FEAGA
- finanzas de la Unión Europea
- GEOGRAFÍA
- geografía económica
- hábitat rural
- INTERCAMBIOS ECONÓMICOS Y COMERCIALES
- marco social
- política agraria
- política agrícola común
- política comercial
- política económica
- productividad agrícola
- región y política regional
- regularización del mercado
- renta del agricultor
- sistema de explotación agraria
- UNIÓN EUROPEA
- urbanismo y construcción